Filed under: Celebrities, Entertainment, Music, News, Notables, Opinions, Uproars
The fracas choice for alternate title to this post?
Why every aging musician should cut their hair.
MTV has just released information regarding the long-awaited reunion of Van Halen with founding frontman David Lee Roth.
- “First, it was on. Then, in a matter of weeks, it was off. Now, after more than a decade of rumors and misfires, it seems the long-awaited reunion of Van Halen with founding frontman David Lee Roth is back on. The group announced the dates for Van Halen’s first tour with Roth in 22 years on Monday morning in Los Angeles. Tickets for select dates will go on sale Saturday.”
So while you’re hooting and hollering because you can’t wait to witness the joy that comes from watching half naked men Jump all over the stage, brag about being Just a Gigolo or moan about being Hot for Teacher , fracas is taking another approach to all of this.
I’m taking this opportunity to make an appeal to all the aging rockers and former members of 80’s hair bands, to cut their damn hair.
Case in point, the photo (of Roth) to the immediate left, and the photo (of Eddie Van Halen) to the far left. If you dare, click on the images and open them up in their full size. Don’t say I didn’t warn you though.
It kind of scares you a bit, now, doesn’t it?
Now, before you get all wiggy on me and post hateful comments at me for being judgemental, keep in mind that the guys themselves, have acknowledged the old-guy factor. Quoting the MTV article, Roth himself let us know that the David Lee Roth you see in the photo to the left is not the David Lee Roth we’re going to see out on tour.
- “The band emerged during a press conference on Monday as one of their biggest hits, 1984’s “Jump,” played loudly. “This is not a reunion, this is a new band,” said Roth. “Usually, when a band comes back like us, it’s rockers with walkers. You don’t want to see the same old band, like U2 with the mullets. You want to see something exciting.”
And so we shall.
In photos taken following the press conference, we see that the age old advice given by every middle-age dad to his rowdy teen might not sound so wise when directed at the teen, but when taken to heart by a group of self-professed aging rockers, that same advice is just bloody genious.
“Cut your damn hair.”
Paris be damned… now that’s hot.
Filed under: Life, Meme, Monday Melee, Opinions, Peeves, Personal, Thoughts, Who Cares, Wishes
To find out how you too, can participate in The Monday Melee, please read the main Monday Melee page, grab The Monday Melee logo (and view the participant list too).
Last week, thanks to Vic, we Melee’d using lyrics. I’d like to announce two new twists we can all prepare for in the next few weeks. Sometime in the next day or so, I’ll have buttons available for the taking, over on the main Melee page here at fracas. Save them to your own files, upload them to your own blog and display them in a manner that makes you happy!
Monday, August 20 will be “Melee in Rhyme” day:
All you have to do is make your Melee answers rhyme and you’ll be able to grab a button to display on your post, your sidebar or anywhere you’d like to.
Monday, September 3 will be “Melee at the Movies” day:
All you have to do is use the name of a movie, or a line from a movie to answer your Melee questions, and you’ll be able to grab a button to display on your post, your sidebar or anywhere you’d like to.
As with previous invitations to mess around with the Melee, at the end of this post, I’m posting links to all the people listed on the main Melee list, in hopes that you’ll see a trackfracback and know what’s happening. With more than fifty names on the list, it’s a little hairy trying to do it one at a time.
Fracas’ The Monday Melee for August 13, 2007
1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.
I hate, hate, hate that instead of finding their own identity and reason to shine, people tend to copy and imitate others. (Like we need a thousand Paris Hiltons running around) Come on… figure out what makes you, you… and then be do it without apology instead of trying to be like someone else.
2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.
The idea that we should strive to be like celebrities. Let’s face it. They have hairstylists at their disposal, wigs for when their hair sucks; their photos are re-touched to erase blemishes, pounds and wrinkles, and when we do catch a glimpse of them without the intervention of makeup and stylists, they often look like poo. So let’s just look in the mirror and compare ourselves to their before pictures, instead of their afters.
3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.
I’m unhappy that I just dyed my hair burgundy auburn and it’s reeeaaallly dark. Now I’ll have to wait a bit until it lightens up and is at that stage I really like.
4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.
Jayleen. She has more guts and faith than mostly everyone I know and she doesn’t seem to know how great she really is. Her work recently won Best of Show and I think she deserves a standing ovation for not giving up on herself. She’s super fantastic at what she does and even though her friends have been telling her (for a long time now) that she’s going to be famous someday, she really does deserve to be. Way to go Jayleen!
5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it
I’ve done a good job as a parent. No one is perfect, but I think I’ve done a good job so far.
6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.
Time to myself. I don’t really get that all too often. It’s a common wail from mothers, but I don’t care if it’s not too original or very funny. I want time to myself!
Now it’s your turn.
You can take part in The Monday Melee, even make it a regular feature at your site by visiting The Monday Melee page and following the steps. Kick-start your brain on Mondays and meet other bloggers.
Here’s your fracback:
Kate | Rootietoot | Dive | Robyn | Dear Prudence | Lynn | Iced Mocha | Joey | JerseyChick | Tracey | Vic | Gaijin Girl | LindaC | Amber | Krishanna | Ma Titwonky | sauer kraut | kimberleyanne | Ealasaid | Cat | lucy lemon | hazel8500 | Miz Minka’s Musings | Gabrielle | buttercup | Marianne | j u g g l i n g c a t s | Sky Windows | Vyxyn | Mark – Blogitude | Tendrils’ Ink | Now Write, Right Now | flowerchild | ladycalliah | Creation Junction | A Blog of 2 Witches | Meowminx | The College Critic | Winged Musings | Missy Sue Hanson | The Kat House | Holocaust Labs | no school, just learning | Carrying Contraption | Let Them Eat Cake | Zacque – Blogitude | Diva – Blogitude | Modified at Random | Jewel – Blogitude | Get AMPed | INDIEchouette | Perky’s Perspective | The Jaded Lotus | Maiylah’s Snippets | The Painted Veil | Incurable Insomniac | DivaThoughts
I tell you, there’s no better place to learn what’s happening than over at Sid in the City.
Today, I’ve learned where in America you can find KUNT.
I feel that my day is complete now and yet… I haven’t even posted my Monday Melee.
Imagine that!
Filed under: Amusement, Friends, Fun, Humor, Lists, Meme, Oddities, Random, Shameless Self Promotion, Weird Shit, Who Cares
I got tagged by Sky Windows with the Google search meme created by Total Transformation. Now, because my momma didn’t actually name me fracas, I almost replied to Sky Windows that I couldn’t do this meme. After all, using my given name online is something I just don’t do, and I had my doubts about what I’d find just using fracas. I really didn’t think I’d find anything exciting, like the people who search their name and learn that they share a name with gypsies, tramps or thieves (wait… that’s a song by Cher, isn’t it) so what to do, what to do?
I decided to give it a go using my nick, and see how it turned out. Seems, Google is good for everything!
I am though, like Sky’s hubby, not going to officially tag anyone. Several weeks ago I tagged people right out the wazoo, trying to get myself out of meme hell. I even came up with the idea of tagging people I don’t even know… and have done that now twice too. Then there was the time I bribed people to volunteer to be tagged, by offering a unique link for them from a blogger blog I’d set up.
All in all, I think it’s safe to say that at this point, in order to protect my hiney, I’m going to offer this meme (’cause it is kind of neat) to anyone who wants to do it rather than point my crooked finger at anyone in particular.
And now… on with the show.
The rules of this meme are simple:
1) Go to www.Google.com
2) Click on Google images
3) Type in your name and search
4) Repost (w/ a link) the picture of the oddest, craziest, strangest, coolest, oldest, etc. person that shares your name. Post multiples if you find a few you like.
5) Pass it on to at least 5 other people.
When I searched fracas, I learned that If Ron And Joe were a cat and a dog, they’d be Fracas and Ox. Fracas and Ox is a cartoon series, and if you click the thumbnail cartoon, you’ll get to see the full sized one. Now remember, fracas and ox are copyrighted and so don’t go over there stealing their cartoons. I’m just showing it to you because that’s what the rules of the meme tell me I’m supposed to do.
If you like them, click on their main page and you can sign up for their email list and even get a FREE fortune telling miracle fish. I don’t know what a fortune telling miracle fish is, but it sounds like something everyone on the internet would want. (See, now hopefully after all those plugs, they won’t be mad at me for showing one of their cartoons. Honest, I had to… it’s the rules of the meme.)
Moving on, I learned that if I want to, I can buy some OFracas Maracas. Wondering what the heck that’s all about, I learned that while technically not just fracas, O Fracas is a band. Hmm. I’m sure I could find a use for those maracas, so perhaps I’ll have to pick up a set or two.
I found that Fracas is a fragrance by Robert Piguet, and a body spray over at Thornapple 
Ridge Soaps.
I found yet another two bands that simply go by Fracas. Huh. I wonder what kind of an uproar would happen if O Fracas and the two 
Fracas bands decided to duke it out over who gets the name? At any rate, the Fracas band using the lovely image to the right on their site might just scare the others off and avoid the whole messy melee anyway.
Still not happy with my finds, I’m moving on. Nary a gypsy, tramp or a thief in the lot, there’s just got to be something more exciting to be found. After all, the very word fracas refers to an uproar. Shouldn’t I be able to find something exciting that shares my nick?
Darn near ready to give up, I found it.
Eureka!
I, fracas, am a Taurus. You know… the bull.
How much more fraccing perfect could it be to have found that Drake Fracas was the Grand Champion Heifer at 2002 Iowa Winter Beef Expo!
Stick that in your wig Cher!
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves ain’t got nothin’ on a Grand Champion Heifer!
And DaddyP… once again, shhhh.
